Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device Designed for Harmony with People
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/5/2012 - 08:53] - 
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Honda today unveiled the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device, designed for harmony with people. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys whil[...]
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Sharp finally jump into the autonomous vacuum cleaner world with its latest COCOROBO
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/5/2012 - 12:57] - 0 - Household Robot
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Japanese manufacturer are by far the latest to jump into the autonomous vacuum cleaner war, and while Toshiba made the jump last year, it is today finally Sharp turn, behold the COCOROBO RX-V100 and RX-V80. Both model comes with Sharp [...]
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[Hands-On] Qumarion mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation
By DigInfo TV - [8/5/2012 - 08:17] - 0 - Press Conference Robot
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The Qumarion is a mannequin input device developed to simplify the manipulation and posing of human-like 3D CG models on screen. It uses QUMA technology, codeveloped by two university ventures, SoftEther from University of Tsukuba, and[...]
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![[Hands-On] Qumarion mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation](http://akibacrossing.com/wp-content/uploads/images/3/43/111843/a-150-150.jpg)
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Panasonic’s hair washing robot now accepting customers
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/5/2012 - 11:49] - 0 - Healthcare Robot
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First announced in Japan back in September 2010, Panasonic’s Hair Washing Robot is now officially accepting humans ready to have their hair washed like a pro! Available as a trial from April 11 up to June 10th at the Hair Salon S[...]
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[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat
By DigInfo TV - [28/4/2012 - 12:05] - 0 - Press Conference Robot
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The Hugvie is a cushion in a minimalistic human form. It contains a pocket into which you can put your mobile phone, transforming it into a physical communication medium. The shape of this huggable cushion is based on the Telenoid robo[...]
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![[Hands-On] Hugvie – the huggable communication medium with a heartbeat](http://akibacrossing.com/wp-content/uploads/images/6/46/111546/a-150-150.jpg)
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Keio University demos Robotic rings for wearable robotic interaction
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/4/2012 - 07:24] - 0 - Robot
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These robotic rings that imitate eye and mouth movements are being developed by a research group at Keio University. “When you wear this robot on your hand, it forms a medium for communication using the hand. So the robot serves [...]
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Bandai tweak its good old iDog and introduce the Smartpet, a Robot Dog powered by an iPhone.
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/3/2012 - 08:34] - 1 - Robot Toy
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Nope unfortunately this is actually not a real robot per say but a simple, yet really cute and capable toy that use an iPhone 4 (iPhone 3GS and iPod) as “brain”. Schedule to hit Japan at the end of April and announced at around 6,500 Y[...]
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Via Bandai
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Geminoid-F Android Waits for a Friend in a Tokyo Department Store
By DigInfo TV - [6/2/2012 - 08:33] - 0 - Robot
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If you go to the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, by Valentines Day, you will be able to see the Geminoid-F android casually sitting in a show window, looking as if it’s waiting for a friend. Geminoid-F has been p[...]
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Via Osaka U
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NSK unveiled a new Robot Guide Dog at International Robot Exhibition 2011
By DigInfo TV - [17/11/2011 - 08:56] - 0 - Robot
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NSK has developed a four-legged robot with wheels, and are working towards the creation of a robotic guide dog. “This robot has wheels on the ends of its legs, so basically, on flat terrain, it uses the wheels to move. In places [...]
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Toyota Care Support Robots For Nursing And Healthcare
By DigInfo TV - [10/11/2011 - 08:27] - 2 - Healthcare Robot
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Toyota has developed robots for care support, in response to society’s aging demographics. These robots have been co-developed with Fujita Health University. They utilize advanced technologies from Toyota, including motor control[...]
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RIBA II Care Support Robot For Lifting Patients
By DigInfo TV - [7/11/2011 - 08:14] - 0 - Healthcare Robot
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RIBA II is a two-armed care support robot that can lift people from a prone position on the floor to a wheelchair, which is one of the most physically demanding tasks in nursing homes. RIBA II has been co-developed by Tokai Rubber Indu[...]
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Spherical flying machine developed by Defense Ministry’s Research Department
By DigInfo TV - [28/10/2011 - 08:20] - 7 - Robot
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This is the world’s first spherical flying machine developed by the Research Department at Japan’s Ministry of Defense. This machine can hover like a helicopter, and take-off and land vertically. But because it works like a[...]
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Actroid-F Robot Gets A Brother And An Eye Implant
By DigInfo TV - [25/10/2011 - 08:46] - 3 - Press Conference Robot
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AIST has developed a male version of its android robot Actroid-F, which was first shown to the public last year. These human-like robots imitate the movements of the people they are watching, and are currently being placed as observers[...]
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UEC Tokyo simulate The Sensation Of An Object Passing Through Your Hands
By DigInfo TV - [14/9/2011 - 09:07] - 0 - Robot
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The Kajimoto research group at the University of Electro-Communications is developing a device that simulates the sensation of something passing through your hand. It is proposed to improve the sense of realism in games, and uses a vib[...]
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LG announced the Roboking Triple Eye with Wireless Internet and CCTV
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/8/2011 - 04:02] - 1 - Household Robot
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The Roboking Triple Eye (Bad translation) or the VR6180VMNC is LG’s latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner. While this model comes with the rather, nowadays, basic 51 sensors, it also integrate three cameras that will not only analyze [...]
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Etro, the social robot from Korea
By Tiago Santos - [27/8/2011 - 02:30] - 1 - Robot
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This new robot, is an evolution of the 2003 reading robot that had been presented then by the Korea’s Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute. This new model is now being used as an ambassador for the improvement of [...]
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Via PlasticPal
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ZMP unleash a new Robot Car with the MEV-C
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/8/2011 - 09:44] - 0 - Car Robot
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ZMP produce in Japan for years Robot Cars available for researchers and professionals all over the country, and the company released last Monday a new upgrade of its popular Robot Car with the MEV-C based on their first COMS project in[...]
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The Humanoid Singer Robot from Taiwan
By Akihabara News Team - [23/8/2011 - 11:18] - 0 - Robot
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Presented by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, arrives the humanoid head capable of reading simple music scores, and synthesize the music. This is achieved by using the information that cameras in the [...]
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Via NewScientist
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ZMP announced a new Kinect controlled Robot Car for research purpose
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/8/2011 - 01:12] - 0 - Robot
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ZMP is the company responsible for the amazing e-Nuvo and RoBoCar for example, and earlier this month, the company sends us a press release announcing yet a new scale 1/10 of the RoBoCar vehicle, the RoBoCar Lite, that uses Microsoft K[...]
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Riken Japan upgrade its RIBA II Healthcare robot
By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/8/2011 - 10:36] - 1 - Healthcare Robot
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Riken Japan announced yesterday a noticeable upgrade of its healthcare robot RIBA II with improved power and with more accurate sensors. Stronger the RIBA II is no capable to lift patient with a weight up to 80kg (roughly a 20kg improv[...]
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Tokyo Institute of Technology introduces Robot That Can Learn, Think And Act By Itself
By DigInfo TV - [1/8/2011 - 06:43] - 3 - Robot
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This robot can think, learn and act by itself using artificial intelligence. It is being developed by the Hasegawa Group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Using a technology called a self-replicating neural network, or SOINN(Self-O[...]
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Okayama University unveils its first Wrist Rehabilitation Robot
By DigInfo TV - [30/7/2011 - 10:48] - 0 - Press Conference Robot
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This is a wrist rehabilitation robot developed by a research group at Okayama University for use by people who have suffered strokes or spinal cord injuries. “This device uses a parallel link structure and a pneumatic cylinder wi[...]
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